Zahida Allen has always been upfront about the fact that trolls have an impacton her confidence and has now come forward to explain why she hasn’t posted many bikini shots in 2018.

The Ex On The Beach star took to Instagram to post an image of herself in a string swimsuit, and revealed that her anxiety has been “sky high” since she posted a revealing shot of herself and was hit with a wave of negative comments.

'Let's get checking out a bunch of the Geordie Shore lasses' sauciest selfies to date...'

Deciding that she’s going to continue posting whichever images she wants, Z wrote a powerful message about how she isn’t going to let the trolls bring her down.

“Not uploading this for any reason other than the fact I didn't upload so many holiday photos because my anxiety was sky high after all the bad comments I got when I did upload any bikini/swimwear pics and I felt conscious about the way I looked.

"It's stupid because this photo was taken literally a week after Christmas & New Year on holiday. Over the Christmas period I enjoyed too many bottles of beer, too many G&T's, too much mash, too many Yorkshire puddings and far too much food.

"But flicking through my camera roll, and in this picture I was really happy and stress free. And I'm hoping to feel back to my normal self over the next few months. (I already feel nervous uploading this now because it's not the perfect body lol but I don't think there is a perfect body type and I never used to think like this.)

Zahida finished off her message by apologising to friends, family and colleagues for going off the grid for so long, and revealed that she’s pencilled in some intense training sessions to give her confidence a much-needed boost.